Multiphase line fuse module
The invention relates to a multiphase line fuse module. According to the invention, said multiphase line fuse module comprises a busbar pack (32), interposed between two supporting plates (16, 42), at least one line fuse (52, 66) with an associated AC contactor (54) per phase, said phase assemblies being arranged one on top of the other in front on a small face of the busbar pack (32) having connections (56, 58) on the small face and being electrically connected to the small face connections (56, 68), and a cover closing the phase assemblies on the front side. The invention thus provides a space-saving system for line fuses (52, 66), AC contactors (54) and busbars in one housing, thereby allowing an easy replacement of the wearing parts.
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This application is the U.S. National Stage of International Application No. PCT/EP2007/061188, filed Oct. 19, 2007, which designated the United States and has been published as International Publication No. WO 2008/071492 and which claims the priority of German Patent Application, Serial No. 10 2006 058 328.0, filed Dec. 11, 2006, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe invention relates to a polyphase line protection module.
When a circuit diagram such as this is implemented, the line protection devices 2, the AC contactors 4 and the AC supply and output lines 6 and 8 have until now been accommodated in a housing or switchgear cabinet, with holders being provided for the attachment of the components. In order to maintain the air gaps and creepage distances, these components are arranged at appropriate distances from one another within this housing. This arrangement of these components results in the demand for space within a housing or switchgear cabinet being very high. Furthermore, the assembly effort is quite high since these components are wired up individually. During this process, wiring errors can occur which are discovered only as a result of a short circuit during the commissioning of an electrical unit connected to these contactors 4.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe invention is now based on the object of the components being connected such that the disadvantages mentioned above no longer occur.
According to the invention, this object is achieved by providing a polyphase line protection module. According to the invention, this line protection module has the known components from the circuit diagram shown in
This line protection module according to the invention has a width which corresponds to the width of the busbar pack. Furthermore, the line protection devices and the AC contactors are accommodated in a space-saving manner in a housing. This line protection module can be produced separately and can be tested for wiring errors separately. This line protection module is therefore used as a tested unit in an electrical unit. A further advantage of this line protection module is that failed components in one phase of this line protection module can be replaced by serviceable components with little effort.
Advantageous refinements of this polyphase line protection module are specified in the dependent claims.
The invention will be explained further with reference to the drawing, which schematically illustrates one embodiment of a polyphase line protection module according to the invention, and in which:
This is one of two applications both filed on the same day. Both applications deal with related inventions. They are commonly owned and have the same inventive entity. Accordingly, reference is made to the U.S. patent application, entitled “BUSBAR PACK”.
Since the busbar pack 32 has been described in detail in the above-mentioned parallel co-filed U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/518,567 (U.S. Patent Application Publication 2010/0025105), this busbar pack 32 will not be described at this point. In this illustration, this busbar pack 32 has three two-part apparatuses 68, which each comprise two U-shaped fastening brackets which engage in one another. Each of the two mounting panels 16 and 42 is detachably connected to this two-part apparatus 68.
In order to ensure that the upper and lower free ends of the bars of the busbar pack 32 cannot be moved by current forces, an upper and a lower space 70 are provided. Furthermore, an upper and a lower coupling element 72 are provided. These coupling elements 72 have a plurality of grooves which are located alongside one another and are designed such that the insulating bars in the busbar pack 32 can be plugged into them. The two coupling elements 72 are therefore each supported on the busbars of the busbar pack 32, by which means they are fixed in their position. It is therefore impossible for the busbars to slide within the busbar pack 32. Each coupling element 72 has a groove opposite these grooves in each coupling element 72. In the assembled state, the rearward respective transverse strut 38 or 40 of the two mounting panels 16 and 42 runs in this groove.
In order to make it possible to comply with the required air gaps and creepage distances, this polyphase line protection module has a plurality of devices 74 which are arranged between live parts at different potentials.
A plurality of covers 76, between each of which a reinforcing means 78 is arranged, are provided in order to ensure that the polyphase line protection module is a closed unit. These covers 76 are detachably connected to the front-face attachment tabs 24 of the mounting panels 16 and 42. These covers 76 each have an area with perforations in order to allow the components of the polyphase line protection module between the two mounting panels 16 and 42 to be cooled by means of environmental air (convection cooling).
The advantages of this polyphase line protection module according to the invention are the highly space-saving arrangement of protection devices 2 and 52, 66, contactors 4 and 54 and busbars for relatively high currents in one housing, in which case this module can be separately assembled and tested. Furthermore, parts that are subject to wear (protection devices, contactors) can be replaced with little effort.
Claims
1. A polyphase line protection module comprising:
- two mounting panels;
- a plurality of phase assemblies, wherein each of the plurality of phase assemblies comprises an AC contactor and at least one line protection device, with the at least one line protection device and an AC contactor for the each of the plurality of phase assemblies being arranged on top of each other;
- a bursar pack comprises
- a first busbar forming an AC supply line; and
- a second busbar forming an AC output line,
- wherein the busbar pack arranged between the two mounting panels, and the busbar pack having connections on respective end faces and narrow faces of the busbar pack; and
- a cover covering a front face of the plurality of phase assemblies,
- wherein the plurality of phase assemblies are arranged one above another in front of the connections on the narrow faces of the busbar pack and electrically conductively connected to the connections on the narrow faces of the busbar pack
- and
- wherein each of the two mounting panels is connected to a flat face of the busbar pack.
2. The polyphase line protection module of claim 1, wherein at least one of the two mounting panels comprises attachment tabs for attaching the at least one line protection device and the AC contactor of the each of the phase assemblies.
3. The polyphase line protection module of claim 1, wherein at least one of the two mounting panels comprises a rearward attachment tab with at least two holes.
4. The polyphase line protection module of claim 1, wherein at least one of the two mounting panels comprises an attachment tab for attaching the cover covering the front face of the plurality of phase assemblies.
5. The polyphase line protection module of claim 1, wherein the cover comprises a reinforcing means.
6. The polyphase line protection module of claim 1, wherein the cover covers the front face of the each of the plurality of phase assemblies.
7. The polyphase line protection module of claim 6, wherein the cover comprises a first cover covering the front face of a first phase assembly of the plurality of phase assemblies, a second cover covering the front face of a second phase assembly of the plurality of phase assemblies; and a reinforcing means arranged between the first and second covers.
8. The polyphase line protection module of claim 1, wherein at least one of the two mounting panels comprises a reinforcing means disposed on an outside flat face of the at least one of the two mounting panels.
9. The polyphase line protection module of claim 1, further comprising a coupling element having two sides and configured to fix a position of the busbar pack between the two mounting panels, said coupling element having a comb-like structure on a first side of the two sides and a groove on a second side of the two sides.
10. The polyphase line protection module of claim 1, further comprising partition devices arranged between the each of the plurality of phase assemblies for increasing air gaps and creepage distances between portions of the polyphase line protection module having different electrical potentials.
11. The polyphase line protection module of claim 1, wherein the two mounting panels are composed of metal.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 19, 2007
Date of Patent: Apr 12, 2011
Patent Publication Number: 20100008023
Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (München)
Inventor: Thomas Hirschfeld (Burgthann)
Primary Examiner: Robert J Hoffberg
Attorney: Henry M. Feiereisen
Application Number: 12/518,580
International Classification: H02B 1/26 (20060101); H02B 1/20 (20060101);